NEW DELHI, Jan 6 - Scaling up the offensive against the Government over the Pathankot terror attack, the Congress today asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to fix responsibility for the �grave security lapse� and suggested that some heads must roll.
�They should realize that it has gone wrong and resignations should happen. If there is a lapse, resignations should happen,� former Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde told reporters at the AICC briefing when repeatedly asked whether Congress is demanding resignation of Home Minister Rajnath Singh or Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar into the matter.
�This Government has totally failed. It has no system in place to protect the nation,� he added.
AICC communication department chairman Randeep Surjewala also said that the Prime Minister should fix the responsibility and take action against the Home and Defence Ministers.
The party asked, will the Prime Minister and the BJP Government explain as to who is responsible for �grave security lapse� as the terrorists managed to reach Pathankot Air Base despite advance intelligence alert and reporting of prior incident.
Accusing the Government of having �totally failed� on the security front, the Congress leaders played out video clips of Modi favouring a tough approach to deal with Pakistan and slamming UPA Government�s handling of Pakistan affairs before the Lok Sabha polls.
Wondering why the NDA Government is �soft on Pakistan� over the Pathankot attack, the Congress leaders asked why the BJP Government, led by Modi, was �shying away� from calling the Pathankot Air Base attackers as �Pakistani terrorists�, more so when they were loaded with fire arms, explosives, clothes, shoes and logistic support from Pakistan with �handlers located in Pakistan� as reflected by telephone transcripts.
Surjewala and Shinde also wondered why the Modi Government has not lodged a formal protest till date with Pakistan Government, summoned their High Commissioner and taken a decision to place the matter before international fora, so as to �expose and isolate Pakistan� as a state that is �abetting and permitting its soil to be used for anti-India terror activities�. � PTI
